DDOE has finalized a new regulatory framework for stormwater management by large development sites in the District. The new regulations are published in today’s DC Register. This comes in advance of a federal requirement for the District to update its stormwater regulations by July 22, 2013. The new framework includes stormwater retention performance standards that will dramatically reduce stormwater runoff’s harmful impacts to the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers, Rock Creek, and their tributaries. It also includes an innovative Stormwater Retention Credit (SRC) trading program, which is the first of its kind in the nation and has the potential to increase the new standards’ benefit to District waterbodies while reducing the cost of compliance and providing other sustainability benefits.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:31:04 +0000
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